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Vehicle 59047


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30250
Diagram: 622

Allocations

21/11/56 New to South Gosforth
Feb-64Depot code change52J
31/05/70 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
Jun-70 Transferred to 51A (Darlington)
4w/e 27/02/71 Transferred to 52J (South Gosforth)
3w/e 16/10/71 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-73Depot code changeNL
w/e 30/01/77 Transferred to GF (South Gosforth)
25/12/77 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
Feb-81 Transferred to DE (Dundee)
01/03/82 Transferred to HA (Haymarket)
01/07/83 Stored S. HA (Haymarket)
circa Jun-84 Reinstated HA (Haymarket)
07/09/86 Transferred to AY (Ayr)
May-87 Withdrawn from HA (Haymarket) - also noted as 29/09/87

Notes

29th June 1987 - Seen at Aberdeen Ferryhill
03/08/87 - 51193 + 53650/70 + 59247/88/268/559/80/681 moved as 5E96 Aberdeen Ferryhill - Snailwell hauled by 47308.

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50148 59047 59054 50149 As delivered to South Gosforth - 21st November 1956
50148 59047 59054 50149 Noted 04/08/68 - in Leeds City1
50180 59047 59081 50265 Noted 15/08/1970 - at York2
N400 50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted circa 19713
50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted 31/08/71 - at Newcastle1
50140 59077 59047 51514 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster1
L242 50140 59047 59077 51514 Noted 26/08/74 - at York (set number on 50140)4
50140 59077 59047 51514 Noted 22/05/76 - at Leeds1
205 51474 59047 51480 Noted 08/08/1978 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
202 51474 59047 51480 Noted 12/07/80 - on "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour
313 51239 59047 50143 Listed at DE - 01/02/81
101313 51239 59047 50143 Listed at HA - 13/06/82
101315 51241 59047 53194 Noted circa 11/19833
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 17/06/84
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 25/03/85
101305 51227 59047 53163 Noted circa 02/19863
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - Summer 1986
315 51241 59047 53176 5th June 1986
315 51241 59047 53176 Listed at Haymarket - August 1986
324 51253 59047 53264 Formation change - p/e 17/09/86
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 10/10/1986 - at Edinburgh Waverley3
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 11/10/86
101320 51248 59047 53143 Noted 08/11/19863
101313 51239 59047 53143 Listed at HA - 23/03/87
51240 59047 53146 Noted 25/03/19873
313 51239 59047 53143 Noted 27/04/19873

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Glasgow Queen Street

September 1986

Set number: 313

This Class 101 TC 59047 has the Haymarket logo, and carries an older set number 313 on the vehicle end, it is now part of 101 324. Seen at Glasgow Queen Street in September 1986. Andrew McConnell.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th February 1957

An official image (London Midland Region publicity negative DM903) showing a four-car Met-Camm set in Carlisle Citadel station on 7 February 1957. These South Gosforth allocated DMUs had taken over the services from Newcastle a few days earlier on the 4th. Closest is DMCL E50148, the others should be TSL E59047, TBSL E59054 and DMCL E50149, all with 2+2 seating. British Railways.

DMU

Date: 28th October 1979

A 105/101/105 DMU set in Haymarket depot on 28 October 1979. Closest is SC51480, a vehicle that spent its whole career in Scotland allocated to Kittybrewster, Leith Central, Hamilton and Haymarket. Within a few months it would become one of the very few 105s to carry blue and grey livery, and would be withdrawn in November 1981. The other two vehicles are presumably 59047 and 51474. Brian Daniels.

DMU

Date: circa 1980

Set number: 202

Blue / grey Cravens DMBS SC51474 as part of hybrid set 202 in Edinburgh Waverley circa 1980. The centre car is probably 59047. John Law.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 Bilston Glen Colliery Sidings 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 Granton Oil Terminal 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 Leith South 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51474 + 59047 + 51480, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 Newington 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Class 105 North Berwick 12 July 1980. The Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association ran The Forth Valley Wanderer Railtour around freight lines Edinburgh area. The set, formed 51480 + 59047 + 51474, included a Class 101 centre car. Alistair Ness.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited the Granton branch in Edinburgh, seen here approaching Trinity station, which was closed as far back as 1925 and remains open as a private house. The North British Railway fixed distant signal was in place here until the line here was dismantled in 1986. The DMU used was formed of two blue/grey Class 105 DMBSs and a 101 centre car, 51474 + 59047 + 51480. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

On 12th July 1980 the “Forth Valley Wanderer” railtour visited a number of lines in Edinburgh, Grangemouth and Fife. A photo stop at the original Alloa station in the afternoon shows the unusual dmu formation a class 101 Met Camm centre car 59047 sandwiched by two of the few class 105 Cravens units to receive blue / grey livery, 51474 and 51480. Murray Liston.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Set number: 202

51474 + 59047 + 51480 at Grangemouth No.3 on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

51480 + 59047 + 51474 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour organised by the Edinburgh City Transport Welfare Association. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

Set number: 202

51474 + 59047 + 51480 in North Berwick station on the 12th July 1980 with the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 12th July 1980

51480 + 59047 + 51474 at Fouldubs Junction, between Grangemouth and Falkirk, during a stop of the "Forth Valley Wanderer" railtour on the 12th July 1980. Hamish Stevenson.

DMU

Date: 26th July 1980

With a number that looks more silver/grey than white SC55013 is seen on Haymarket Depot on 26 July 1980. Behind is another parcel car, SC55015, while on the right is Class 101 centre car SC59047. Rob Paterson.

DMU

Date: September 1986

Set number: 101324

Set 101 324 in Glasgow Queen Street in September 1986. First two vehicles are 51253 and 59047. Andrew McConnell.

DMU

Date: 11th October 1986

53143 + 59047 + 51239 (set 313) is working the 12:24 Edinburgh - Glasgow Central service when seen near Curriehill on the 11th October 1986. Hamish Stevenson.